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Info about Widgets from Wikispaces.com =Tips and Tricks: Widgets, Part I= By [|Carole] | Published: March 14, 2011 Last month, we gave you a quick rundown of your most basic tools for [|formatting a wiki page]. This month, we wanted to give you an introduction to one of the all-time most popular wiki tools: **widgets**. A “widget” is any piece of media or dynamic content that you can embed into a wiki page. It could be anything from a table of contents to a video to a playable Flash game. It’s also a great way to make your wiki more engaging, relevant, and fun! When you click the widget icon in your toolbar, the first thing you see is a list of **Wikispaces Widgets**. We built these tools to make it easy for you to add certain types of formatting and wiki-specific information to your pages. For example, this is how you’d add a **table of contents**, or a **reference** (a “reference” is like a footnote for your page), or a **special character**. Some of these widgets make it easier to navigate your wiki. For example, you can add an alphabetical **List of Wiki Pages**, and even narrow the list to only pages with a certain tag. Or you can add a **List of Links to a Page**, and provide a little backwards navigation. Or, if you are working in a Private Label site or if you have a whole bunch of single wikis, you can add a **[|List of Wikis]** to any page on any of your wikis. Chances are you’re already using other Web 2.0 tools in your projects or coursework. One of the most popular is **Glogster**, which lets you create and publish rich, dynamic online posters. Our users love Glogster so much that we recently built a [|special widget] to make adding them to wikis even easier. It’s easy to add other content, too: videos from **YouTube** and **TeacherTube**, presentations and slideshows from **Flickr** and **Scribd**, **Google Docs** and **Google Calendars**, **RSS feeds**, even **Skype** chat. We have a [|list of widgets] on our help page — but as long as you have the embed code, you can add any widget from anywhere to any page on your wiki. And that’s it! You probably see widgets every day, on web sites, blogs, and other wikis. And there’s no reason not to use those great tools — and get the same great impact — on your own wiki. If you already have tools you love or media you admire, take a look around for that embed code. It can probably be yours with a simple cut and paste. But that’s not all. In fact, we have so much to say about widgets that it wouldn’t all fit in one blog post. So be sure to check back for the April tips and tricks, and Part II of **Widgets**. This entry was posted in [|Tips and Tricks]. Bookmark the [|permalink]. [|Post a comment] or leave a trackback: [|Trackback URL].
 * Widgets: A Primer**
 * Wikispaces Widgets**
 * Documents, Presentations, and Other Popular Media**
 * [[image:http://blog2.wikicdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/widgetsI2.png width="270" link="http://blog1.wikicdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/widgetsI2.png"]]How It’s Done**
 * 1) Go to the page of your wiki that needs a widget. Hit the **Edit** button.
 * 2) Place the cursor where you want the widget to go, then click the **Widget** icon (it looks like a little TV).
 * 3) Select the type of widget you want from the menu.
 * If you’re using a Wikispaces Widget or one of the popular media or widgets that we’ve listed for you, just follow the instructions on the screen.
 * If you want to add other media or widgets, select **Other HTML** and paste the embed code into the field (you can usually find the code in a text box labeled “embed,” “embed HTML,” “add to my site/blog,” or something similar.
 * Hit **Save**.
 * 1) **Save** the page.
 * More About Widgets**
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